Patents by Inventor Zhi-Hong Fang

Zhi-Hong Fang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8052469
    Abstract: Provided is an electrical connector including an insulative housing having a main body and a pair of tongue plates perpendicular extending from said main body along a mating direction. Said tongue plates are parallel to each other and each defines a plurality of terminal grooves thereon. A plurality of terminals are received in the terminal grooves. A metallic shell is retained on the main body of the insulative housing and encloses said pair of tongue plates thereby defining a mating opening therein. The mating opening defines a first and a second different interfaces in communication with each other. At least a partition portion protrudes toward the mating opening from said main body and defines a bottom surface to act as a top wall of the second interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Hua Mao, Zhi-Hong Fang, Fa-Chun Wang
  • Patent number: 8033866
    Abstract: A receptacle connector comprises an insulative housing having a base portion; a plurality of terminals retained in the insulative housing; a shielding shell assembled on the base portion of the insulative housing and defined a mating cavity. A reinforced bracket includes a main portion attached to a bottom of the shielding shell and a pair of mounting portions extending from two ends of the main portion. Therefore, overall rigidity of the receptacle connector may be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Hua Mao, Zhi-Hong Fang
  • Patent number: 7993161
    Abstract: A low profile connector for mounting on a PCB comprising: an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals, a shielding shell and an auxiliary member. Each terminal is provided with a contacting section and a solder portion extending beyond insulative housing for connecting with the PCB. The shielding shell defines a mating opening surrounding the contact portion, and the auxiliary member defines a main portion attached to a bottom surface of the shielding shell and at least one horizontal portion located at one end thereof for mounting on an upper surface of the PCB. The shielding shell further includes a vertical portion perpendicular to the horizontal portion for inserting a hole of the PCB, and the horizontal portion of the auxiliary member has a concavity for receiving the vertical portion which decreasing space that the connector located on the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Hua Mao, Zhi-Hong Fang
  • Patent number: 7988462
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing (1) with a rear portion (11) and a front portion (12) along a first direction (A), a spacer (4) assembled on the rear portion (11) which has a plurality of first wedged positioning sections (42, 43) in an inner side thereof and arranged along a second direction (B) and a plurality of contacts (2) received in the insulative housing and comprising a soldering portion (203) extending out of the insulative housing. The spacer (4) includes a plurality of positioning grooves (45) in an external side thereof for receiving and positioning the soldering portions (203c) of one part contacts (23) located at an upper side of the front portion (12). The soldering portions (203a, 203b) of the other contacts (21a, 21b) are sandwiched between the spacer (4) and the rear portion (11) thereby forms a waved configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Hua Mao, Zhi-Hong Fang
  • Publication number: 20110086546
    Abstract: A low profile connector for mounting on a PCB comprising: an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals, a shielding shell and an auxiliary member. Each terminal is provided with a contacting section and a solder portion extending beyond insulative housing for connecting with the PCB. The shielding shell defines a mating opening surrounding the contact portion, and the auxiliary member defines a main portion attached to a bottom surface of the shielding shell and at least one horizontal portion located at one end thereof for mounting on an upper surface of the PCB. The shielding shell further includes a vertical portion perpendicular to the horizontal portion for inserting a hole of the PCB, and the horizontal portion of the auxiliary member has a concavity for receiving the vertical portion which decreasing space that the connector located on the PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Hua Mao, Zhi-Hong Fang
  • Patent number: 7892027
    Abstract: A receptacle connector comprising an insulative housing having a base portion; a plurality of terminals retained in the insulative housing; and a shielding shell assembled on the insulative housing. The shielding shell comprises a pair of sidewalls opposite to each other and forming a mating cavity therebetween. The insulative housing further including an alignment wall extending into the mating cavity from the base portion to partition the mating cavity into a number of mating openings, one of the mating opening having a shape different from another. Wherein at least one of the sidewalls has a bent portion bent from a front edge thereof, and the bent portion defines a hook at the tip thereof for adapting to retention at least one hole of the alignment wall of the insulative housing. Therefore, the strength of the receptacle connector may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Hua Mao, Zhi-Hong Fang
  • Publication number: 20110034088
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing (1) with a rear portion (11) and a front portion (12) along a first direction (A), a spacer (4) assembled on the rear portion (11) which has a plurality of first wedged positioning sections (42, 43) in an inner side thereof and arranged along a second direction (B) and a plurality of contacts (2) received in the insulative housing and comprising a soldering portion (203) extending out of the insulative housing. The spacer (4) includes a plurality of positioning grooves (45) in an external side thereof for receiving and positioning the soldering portions (203c) of one part contacts (23) located at an upper side of the front portion (12). The soldering portions (203a, 203b) of the other contacts (21a, 21b) are sandwiched between the spacer (4) and the rear portion (11) thereby forms a waved configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YU-HUA MAO, ZHI-HONG FANG
  • Patent number: 7794244
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing (1) which comprise a pair of side walls (121) and a pair of end walls (122) linking with two ends of the side wall, a plurality of terminals (2) retained in the side wall and a pair of grounding bridges (3) received in the end wall. Each of the grounding bridge comprise a contacting part (31) engaging with a mating connector, a grounding part (32) and a conducting part (33) mechanically connecting with the contacting part and grounding part. And the conductive part (33) has a larger resistance compared with the contacting part and the grounding part. Therefore, the power current transmitting through the guiding bridge (3) can be lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Hua Mao, Zhi-Hong Fang, Xue-Qing Zhang
  • Publication number: 20100203772
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing (1a) including a pair of retaining spacers (1b) embedded therein and a number of terminals (2). The insulating housing has a base portion (11) with a concaving room (110) and an engaging portion (12). The terminal (2) defines a retaining portion (21) retained in the base portion, a contacting portion (22) projecting in the engaging portion and a leg portion (23). The retaining spacers are received in the concaving room and press against the retaining portions of the terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YU-HUA MAO, ZHI-HONG FANG
  • Patent number: 7766674
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing (1a) including a pair of retaining spacers (1b) embedded therein and a number of terminals (2). The insulating housing has a base portion (11) with a concaving room (110) and an engaging portion (12). The terminal (2) defines a retaining portion (21) retained in the base portion, a contacting portion (22) projecting in the engaging portion and a leg portion (23). The retaining spacers are received in the concaving room and press against the retaining portions of the terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Hua Mao, Zhi-Hong Fang
  • Publication number: 20100136831
    Abstract: Provided is an electrical connector including an insulative housing having a main body and a pair of tongue plates perpendicular extending from said main body along a mating direction. Said tongue plates are parallel to each other and each defines a plurality of terminal grooves thereon. A plurality of terminals are received in the terminal grooves. A metallic shell is retained on the main body of the insulative housing and encloses said pair of tongue plates thereby defining a mating opening therein. The mating opening defines a first and a second different interfaces in communication with each other. At least a partition portion protrudes toward the mating opening from said main body and defines a bottom surface to act as a top wall of the second interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YU-HUA MAO, ZHI-HONG FANG, FA-CHUN WANG
  • Publication number: 20100093221
    Abstract: A receptacle connector comprises an insulative housing having a base portion; a plurality of terminals retained in the insulative housing; a shielding shell assembled on the base portion of the insulative housing and defined a mating cavity. A reinforced bracket includes a main portion attached to a bottom of the shielding shell and a pair of mounting portions extending from two ends of the main portion. Therefore, overall rigidity of the receptacle connector may be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YU-HUA MAO, ZHI-HONG FANG
  • Patent number: 7682161
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) comprising an engaging portion (12) which comprises a pair of side walls (121) and a pair of end walls (122), a plurality of signal terminals (2) arranged along the pair of the side walls (121) and at least one power terminals (3) located at each end wall (122). The end wall (122) defines at least one groove (120) extending along a mating direction at an outside thereof to receive and retain the at least one power terminal (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Hua Mao, Zhi-Hong Fang, Xue-Qing Zhang
  • Publication number: 20100062653
    Abstract: A receptacle connector comprising an insulative housing having a base portion; a plurality of terminals retained in the insulative housing; and a shielding shell assembled on the insulative housing. The shielding shell comprises a pair of sidewalls opposite to each other and forming a mating cavity therebetween. The insulative housing further including an alignment wall extending into the mating cavity from the base portion to partition the mating cavity into a number of mating openings, one of the mating opening having a shape different from another. Wherein at least one of the sidewalls has a bent portion bent from a front edge thereof, and the bent portion defines a hook at the tip thereof for adapting to retention at least one hole of the alignment wall of the insulative housing. Therefore, the strength of the receptacle connector may be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YU-HUA MAO, ZHI-HONG FANG
  • Patent number: 7658624
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) assembled to a printed circuit board (5) for connecting with a mating connector, includes a longitudinal insulative housing (1) and a plurality of contacts (2, 3) received in the housing. Each of the contacts (2, 3) defines a retaining section (20, 30), a contacting portion (21) extending forwards from the retaining section for contacting with the mating connector and a compressing portion (220, 320) extending rearwards from the retaining section for connecting to the printed circuit board. The compressing portions are arranged in two rows, and the compressing portions nip and elastic compress against the printed circuit board instead of being soldered thereto to connect the electrical connector to the printed circuit board steadily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhi-Hong Fang, Yu-Hua Mao
  • Publication number: 20090227129
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing (1) which comprise a pair of side walls (121) and a pair of end walls (122) linking with two ends of the side wall, a plurality of terminals (2) retained in the side wall and a pair of grounding bridges (3) received in the end wall. Each of the grounding bridge comprise a contacting part (31) engaging with a mating connector, a grounding part (32) and a conducting part (33) mechanically connecting with the contacting part and grounding part. And the conductive part (33) has a larger resistance compared with the contacting part and the grounding part. Therefore, the power current transmitting through the guiding bridge (3) can be lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Yu-Hua Mao, Zhi-Hong Fang, Xue-Qing Zhang
  • Patent number: D599295
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Hua Mao, Zhi-Hong Fang
  • Patent number: D607837
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Hua Mao, Zhi-Hong Fang
  • Patent number: D607840
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Hua Mao, Zhi-Hong Fang, Fa-Chun Wang
  • Patent number: D610551
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Hua Mao, Zhi-Hong Fang, Fa-Chun Wang